Carpenter

Job summary

Read blueprints and sketches, estimate costs and materials, and build or install structural components such as foundations, floors, walls, roofs, windows, doors, and stairs. Maintain, repair, and renovate residences and wooden structures in commercial, industrial, and other settings.

Job details

Overview Languages English Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience 3 years to less than 5 years On site Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely. Work site environment Noisy Outdoors Work setting Construction Various locations Relocation costs not covered by employer Renovation Willing to relocate Commercial Industrial Residential Responsibilities Tasks Read blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine work requirements Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel and other materials Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems Fit and install windows, doors, stairs, mouldings and hardware Estimate costs and materials Maintain, repair and renovate residences and wooden structures in mills, mines, hospitals, industrial plants and other establishments Experience and specialization Equipment and machinery experience Hand tools Additional information Security and safety Criminal record check Transportation/travel information Own transportation Valid driver's licence Work conditions and physical capabilities Bending, crouching, kneeling Combination of sitting, standing, walking Physically demanding Own tools/equipment Tools Steel-toed safety boots Safety glasses/goggles Personal suitability Accurate Reliability Team player Values and ethics Punctuality Benefits Health benefits Dental plan Health care plan Vision care benefits

What you’ll do

Read blueprints and sketches, estimate costs and materials, and build or install structural components such as foundations, floors, walls, roofs, windows, doors, and stairs. Maintain, repair, and renovate residences and wooden structures in commercial, industrial, and other settings.

Requirements

Requires a secondary school graduation certificate and 3 to less than 5 years of experience. Candidates need a valid driver's licence, their own transportation and tools, and must be reliable, accurate, punctual, and able to perform physically demanding work.

Benefits

• Dental Plan
• Health Care Plan
• Vision Care Benefits

Listed skills

• Teamwork · Preferred
• Reliability · Preferred
• materials · Preferred
• Health · Preferred
• Team player · Preferred
• punctuality · Preferred
• safety · Preferred
• Occupational safety · Preferred
• punctual · Preferred
• Windows · Preferred
• Reliable · Preferred
• English · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Blueprint Reading
• Measuring
• Cutting
• Shaping
• Assembling Materials
• Joining Materials
• Foundation Construction
• Floor Beam Installation
• Subflooring
• Wall and Roof Construction
• Window and Door Installation
• Stair Installation
• Cost Estimation
• Material Estimation
• Repair and Renovation
• Hand Tool Use

Job areas

• Trades
• Construction